Director: Gustave de Kervern (2008)
Absurdist duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern follow-up 2004’s Aaltra with this sparse black comedy in which the recently-fired female employees at a children’s clothing factory pool their funds to put a hit on their callous boss. Out of work and down on her luck, ex-con Louise (Yolande Moreau) proposes to [...]
Director: Ursula Meier (2008)
A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy motorway is opened only meters away from their isolated house in the middle of nowhere. Refusing to move, Marthe (Isabelle Huppert), Michel (Olivier Gourmet) and their three children find innovative ways to adapt to their new environment. They continue their daily routine despite [...]
Director: Pascal-Alex Vincent (2008)
Antoine and Quentin are two 18-year-old identical twins, living in France with their father. When they learn of the death of their mother, they take to the road, intending to hitchhike to Spain to attend her funeral. On the way, the two brothers get to know one another better and soon discover [...]
Director: Étienne Chatiliez (2008)
Agathe Clery is a real working girl of the twenty-first century. Bright Marketing Director a line of cosmetics special “clear skins”, she is nevertheless much appreciated his colleagues who find her hard, haughty and know racist. The day she announced she is suffering from Addison’s disease, rare disease thatwill make black, Agathe [...]
Director: François Dupeyron (2008)
It is a bad day for the Mousse family. Rebellious and angry, seventeen-year-old Victor dabbles with drugs and petty theft. His sister, Christie, is getting married that afternoon, but her father has gambled away the money for the reception. Sonia, the long-suffering mother, is the glue that holds the family together, but [...]